Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University physician convicted of sexually abusing girls and young women, is among more than 20,000 people removed from Michigan’s sex offender registry after the state Supreme Court ruled that newer registration requirements cannot be imposed retroactively for crimes committed before July... Read More »
Tennessee death-row prisoner Christa Gail Pike survived a failed lethal-injection execution Wednesday after state officials administered both doses of pentobarbital permitted under the execution protocol. Her survival now creates an extraordinary legal question over whether Tennessee can attempt to execute her again.The Tennessee Department of Correction says officials followed the... Read More »
Former North Carolina State University sports medicine director Robert Michael Murphy Jr. has been indicted on 32 criminal charges accusing him of sexually abusing male student-athletes while providing medical treatment, adding a criminal prosecution to years of civil litigation over allegations involving the Wolfpack athletic program.A Wake County grand jury... Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Polymarket on Thursday, accusing the prediction-market company of operating an illegal gambling business and escalating a nationwide fight over who has authority to regulate markets tied to sports and other real-world events.The lawsuit, filed September 24 in Manhattan, seeks to stop Polymarket from... Read More »
More than 100 people now allege they suffered brain injuries after riding X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, as three newly filed lawsuits intensify scrutiny of one of the Southern California park’s most recognizable roller coasters and raise broader questions about when amusement parks and ride manufacturers can be held... Read More »
A campaign contribution can violate federal election law without being a bribe. To cross into federal bribery, prosecutors generally need evidence of something more: a corrupt exchange in which money or another thing of value is given or accepted in return for official government action.That distinction has taken on new... Read More »
The software company behind California’s troubled February 2025 bar exam has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve a proposed class action brought by applicants who endured crashes, login problems, and other technical failures during the high-stakes licensing test. Under the proposed settlement, approximately 4,100 examinees would receive a full... Read More »
CNN, Politico and MS NOW sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration Monday after the White House revoked their journalists’ credentials and barred them from White House grounds, setting up a new constitutional fight over whether a president can exclude news organizations because he objects to their coverage.The... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed fiduciary-duty claims against two doctors involved in denying a former NFL player’s neurocognitive disability benefits, drawing a significant legal line between physicians who influence benefit decisions and the officials who ultimately administer an employee benefit plan.U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel of the District of... Read More »
The Justice Department has carried out the first deportation ordered through a little-known federal court created three decades ago to remove noncitizens accused of terrorism using procedures that permit the government to rely on classified evidence.Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan national and lawful permanent resident who had been living... Read More »
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from continuing to use an essay question that asked applicants for career federal jobs to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s policies and executive orders.U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. in Boston issued a preliminary injunction Friday, September 11,... Read More »
A federal appeals court has refused to let the Trump administration enforce new nationwide mail-ballot requirements for the November midterm elections, ruling that the U.S. Postal Service likely crossed a constitutional line by regulating how states conduct federal elections.The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a preliminary... Read More »
The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate a rule that gives many H-1B visa holders up to 60 days to remain in the United States after losing their jobs, potentially forcing thousands of foreign workers and their families to make immigration decisions almost immediately after employment ends.The Department of Homeland... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map in the November midterm election, stepping into an escalating legal battle that had produced directly conflicting orders from state and federal courts.In an unsigned order issued Thursday, September 10, the justices granted an emergency request from... Read More »
President Donald Trump has escalated the U.S. trade fight with Canada beyond tariffs, ordering outright bans on imports of certain Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles beginning September 29.The move raises a legal question that became more important after the Supreme Court curtailed Trump’s tariff authority earlier this year. If... Read More »
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